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While not that many U.S. carriers are selling Sony Ericsson smartphones, the company is going for the folks who want their devices unlocked and who don’t want to sign contracts with mobile operators. That said, one Sony Ericsson smartphone, Xperia active, has found its way to Newegg, which is selling the SIM-free version for $369.99.…
T-Mobile UK is running a neat campaign called “Appy Christmas,” offering seven free apps worth 20 GBP with all purchases of new Android phones through December 24th. In order to take advantage of the offer, once you buy a phone, you should text XMAS to 480004* to get the link from where you can choose…
A friend recently asked me about the Galaxy A phone, saying someone has told him such a device exists. At first I said “it’s a scam” but later on I did some research and found such a device in our very own database. Heck I even wrote about it in May of last year (forgot…
Flipboard launched a new version of its personalized magazine app for iPad. There are few enhancements included in this release, such as: Tumblr support – allowing users to create a magazine section out of a favorite Tumblr blog. Additionally, by logging into Tumblr, users can see all of their friends’ posts in one Flipboard section.…
Remember the T-Mobile Springboard? Well the 7-inch tablet wasn’t released on November 9th as we previous thought; instead the carrier decided to postpone the launch for another week and now we’re hearing it will be available on November 16th. It is said that the 7-inch tablet (which we think of as T-Mobile’s version of Huawei…
The Velti Mobclix Exchange released the following infographic, breaking down mobile in 60 seconds in three different sections: Velti Mobclix Exchange (mobile phone and advertising stats), Industry (overall mobile industry stats), and Publisher (mobile app stats). The key findings include: 4,111 ads tapped 400,710 ad requests-of those, 140,248 are rich media ad requests 23,148 apps…
We’ve already went through the iPhone evolution and now it’s time to give the same treatment to Google’s Nexus family. From the original Nexus One to the brand new Nexus Galaxy, every Google phone was a bestselling device. And while we still wait for the last Nexus phone to start selling, we’ve no doubts it…
Talk about supporting existing customers. Bolt Creative released 41st (yes that’s forty-first) update to its super-popular Pocket God game. The new episode titled “I Sting the Body Electric” doesn’t just add new level, but also comes with iOS 5 support, including asynchronous turn-based gaming and iCloud storage. The new update introduces a new coral reef…
Here we are for the annual iPhone release day camp out in front of the Apple Store in sunny Palo Alto, California. This time around it’s for the the iPhone 4S, which was announced last Tuesday, October 4 2011. Stay tuned for some live video and chat throughout the night.
Samsung is running a neat campaign in the Netherlands, offering two of its devices in Pink Ribbon editions to support the global fight against breast cancer. Unfortunately the Pink Ribbon version of the Galaxy S II is not included – users can choose between the Galaxy S Plus and Ch@t 335, the former being an…